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Hey all,
I have a Hero on 3 UK network and since the stupid network dont seem to be releasing any updates for it, I want to root it and manually put 2.1/2.2 on there.
Problem is, NONE of the guides on how to flash it work.
Here's what I've tried so far:
Goldcard method - I have succesfully created a goldcard using a Kingston 1GB card (tested on a Desire and works). Trying to downgrade to the stock HTC ROM using HTC's RUU gives me error 140 (bootloader version error).
Rooting the phone - Phone is all hooked up to ADB, can poll it for information etc. Tried to boot it into a recovery image but get an error saying the following: "downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)"
Alternate rooting method - So I found out ROM version 2.73 or whatever it is has some kind of extra security on it. The guides are advising me to download flashrec.apk and install on phone to backup then flash the recovery sector of the phone. This doesnt work. I can neither backup nor apply the recovery images. Even if I override the backup part, it still wont work Just gives me yet another error.
Seems that my Hero is locked down with some impossible to break security. Anyone else having the same difficulty with Three UK? If so are there any other ways you guys may have come up with to root/flash your phone? I'm getting really pissed off with it and am probably going to do an insurance job on it if I cant flash it.
FYI, this phone has not been updated since August 2009. Everything on it is stock from Three UK.
Versions (if you think it's useful):
Firmware: 1.5
Build: 2.73.771.62
Baseband (radio): 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22
Kernel: 2.6.27-430d1aea
Any help I shall be most grateful for!!
Follow my newbie guide. Should talk you through it step by step.
The bootloader error is probably a driver thing. Update your HTC Sync and it should update the drivers.
Sorry, just noticed the thread got moved, my mistake.
Anyone able to shed any more light on it?
I followed the noobie guide and it didnt work. I have the latest version of HTC Sync installed.
Insurance job looking more likely.
Still with error 140? Did you update the driver in fastboot / bootloader mode?
Alternatively try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726118
btdag said:
Still with error 140? Did you update the driver in fastboot / bootloader mode?
Alternatively try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726118
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Which one is your noobie thread mate? I followed several threads off this forum all claiming to be noobie. TBH, they were all pretty straight forward enough, and worked when I helped my mate flash his Desire.
Min can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253 (it's also in my signature )
Ok yeah, I'll just go over the points in your guide then explain how it failed...
Using Flashrec to backup and apply a recovery image...
Flashrec simply doesnt work on my phone (have tried about 3 different versions, including the very latest which is 1.13). No functions work. Cant even use the bypass backup button (hidden button to the right of backup button). That section ended there for me.
Goldcard method...
No matter what RUU I try to downgrade to, it does not work. Keep getting error 140 (incorrect bootloader version). The goldcard I made definitely works as we used the same one to downgrade my mates Desire today.
I found some other guides, which looked like they might help as they go a bit further, but ultimately every time I try and actually do something, it gets blocked, access denied or some other error.
Flashrec won't work if you're on the wrong version of android (i.e. not downgraded using goldcard).
Goldcard is fine it is most likely your drivers in your bootloader mode that are wrong - check them first.
Drivers were ok. I managed to downgrade using a newer version of the stock HTC ROM after scouring these forums for hours.
So in short... ALL GOOD.
Only problem I have now is that there is no manual update option on eclair (1.5). The 2.1 FOTA updates attempted to download before I setup the WiFi and now it wont come back.
If you want to stay official then you can put the month forward a few and the update should show up again.
Surely the point of this was to get root and a custom rom though no?
The point was actually to get Droid 2.1 'cos 3Uk are dragging their heels big time, but now opens up the options of loading custom ROM's.
TBH I'm happy just to have 2.1. Eclair was doing my head in with all its bugs.
Thanks for the tip with the date - it worked!
i wounder if you did it or not ? cuz o have the same demmn problem with my hero G2 touch t-mobile nothing work for me i try all methods i think last solution is to bring a big hummer and break it as i like (
Fellow 3 UK Hero Owner
I'd just like to add how angry I was when the 2.1 update failed to show up. The Goldcard method worked perfectly for me, then I looked at custom ROMs. I currently run Gingerbread and I have to say, not only is it SUPER fast and smooth but its way less buggy than the stock Hero ROMs.
I'm with the Cronos crew. To get the latest ROM, search for cronosproject (.org) and click forums. (cant post link because i haven't posted 8 times )
Seriously, you wont regret it
best way to fix this is...... make sure u have a file manager, download universal androot to your computer and then to your phone install through file manger and root phone then once rooted install rec image with rom manager from market.....there you go its rooted now follow my guide to flash custom roms properly and to root phones....
mayb its ur android version
may i please know it i can surely help you
Hello, all!
I ran through lots of threads, but I cannot find a remedy for my problematic rooting.
Firstly, maybe I have to warn you that I'm noob in rooting devices, I promise I'll catch up!
I very much would like to root my Dell Streak, I chose SuperOneClick 2.3.1 to do so.
I got SuperOneClick, turned my phone in USB debugging mode, allowed unknown apps, unmounted SD card.
Connected all cables...press Root and SuperOneClick gets non-responding after:
(see attached picture)
In this situation if I run adb devices I see mine listed.
Have you had similar situation? Have you got any ideas how to finish rooting my phone?
Ok. Forget SuperOneclick Go to this link and read, absorb, read again, read once or twice more then, absorb. Finally read over many more times and once you think you've taken it all in, read it again. Honestly. Rooting is great if you get it right but it's what nightmares are made off if you brick your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5/Flashing_Guide#Rooting_your_phone
Basically, you need to install Streakmod (a custom recovery) using "Fastboot". This will enable you to install "Superuser. zip". This will "Root" your phone. Best of luck.
You're nicer to him than I would have been. All I will add to what you said is that the search engine is his best friend and he might want to learn how to use it.
Yeah, but if the OP comes back with the same question i'll send em back to the same link. As you know, there is probably an answer to every "Android" related question within this forum. People just need to look. I'm just being nice cos back in February i was a noob asking the same question. What i quickly learned was, if you bother to look, you find and you learn loads of other valuable stuff along the way.
I had simialar issue and solved it
my dell streak was not able to fastboot dellstreakMOD because after reboot the system auto overwrite mod file. So I need Root first to trick/disable auto overwrite function.
Then I run into SupperOneClick 2.3.1 issue. I solved problem by using much older version supper One Click 1.55.
Good Luck!
One-click root solutions aren't recommended for the Streak because as you found out, they don't always work. However, the method on the wiki has a success rate of 100%. So what I don't understand is, why in the heck would anyone use a method that has a high rate of failure over a method that doesn't.
hey...s.o.c is no more recommended...
just flash the su.zip using streakmod and voila.. nothing else
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
alpharetta said:
my dell streak was not able to fastboot dellstreakMOD because after reboot the system auto overwrite mod file. So I need Root first to trick/disable auto overwrite function.
Then I run into SupperOneClick 2.3.1 issue. I solved problem by using much older version supper One Click 1.55.
Good Luck!
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The reason, why we are using the SupperOneClick is already mentioned: You are proposing us to do the fastboot method to get the custom recovery running. But to do so on the streak we first need to avoid the automatic restore of the stock-recovery tool. And to do so, we need a rooted device...
You see our point? It's like a cat biting in it's own tail, or a man sucking his own... You got me though?
It's not a proposal. If you bothered to look at the bottom of the flashing guide page on the wiki, you would have seen the following note:
Not recommended: Gingerbreak, SuperOneClick, Universal Androot, Z4Root
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That note is on the flashing guide for a reason: these methods quite frequently do not work on the Streak. Besides, this really isn't as difficult as you're making it sound. The one thing that needs emphasis is that you'll install StreakMod Recovery twice. The first time is to root. The second time comes after using a file manager to delete install-recovery.sh, the file that causes the recovery to get overwritten.
If that series of steps in the flashing guide is too much for you to handle, I would not recommend rooting. The Streak is arguably the easiest device to root, requiring no special tools like goldcards to do the job. If you want a real challenge, try rooting an HTC Inspire. Without special tools an Inspire cannot be rooted.
Hi there quick question as I just got my hands on a Dell streak I see you post the guide for rooting and say its 100% safe is this 100% correct cause I don't fancy bricking it also will it work on build froyo 2.2.2?
By the way I'm not not a noob as I rooted my dhd the hard way round when it first came out the same way the inspire was rooted also built 2 custom roms and work on 3 others
Only asking cause the set up of the Dell is very different to an htc and a year on htcs are getting easier to root with a one click tool
And please don't say to read read and read again as that's what I will be doing anyway I ain't going to fly before I can walk lol
sent from my dhd
This rooting method works with any stock ROM. One-click methods fail for various reasons, and on a failure are likely to require the restore tool we have for the purpose, QDL Tool, in order to recover from the failed root.
With a Streak you need nothing more than some knowledge of how to use Fastboot to get the recovery on the Streak. This is more educational than using a one-click tool in my opinion. From there, the trick is immedately booting into the recovery after flashing it so you can flash superuser.zip. Once you've got superuser.zip on the device, you're rooted even if the recovery is overwritten. For best results however, you need to make sure to delete the file I mentioned in my prior post and install the recovery a second time. The one part that seems to trip most people up is flashing the recovery twice. They don't anticipate the recovery they just installed being removed when they try to get into it.
Now, is it 100% safe? Unless you do something you're not supposed to such as pulling the cable while in the middle of flashing a recovery or trying to erase the Streak using fastboot -w/fastboot -erase it's very safe. Safer in my opinion than the AAHK for the Inspire because with the AAHK you have numerous opportunities to brick the Inspire (S-OFF, Radio Install, Recovery Install) instead of just one (Recovery Install).
I don't have to tell you to read and read again. My sig takes care of that. But after 3,000+ posts I don't think you have to read my noob FAQ. Especially as you are not a noob.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
This rooting method works with any stock ROM. One-click methods fail for various reasons, and on a failure are likely to require the restore tool we have for the purpose, QDL Tool, in order to recover from the failed root.
With a Streak you need nothing more than some knowledge of how to use Fastboot to get the recovery on the Streak. This is more educational than using a one-click tool in my opinion. From there, the trick is immedately booting into the recovery after flashing it so you can flash superuser.zip. Once you've got superuser.zip on the device, you're rooted even if the recovery is overwritten. For best results however, you need to make sure to delete the file I mentioned in my prior post and install the recovery a second time. The one part that seems to trip most people up is flashing the recovery twice. They don't anticipate the recovery they just installed being removed when they try to get into it.
Now, is it 100% safe? Unless you do something you're not supposed to such as pulling the cable while in the middle of flashing a recovery or trying to erase the Streak using fastboot -w/fastboot -erase it's very safe. Safer in my opinion than the AAHK for the Inspire because with the AAHK you have numerous opportunities to brick the Inspire (S-OFF, Radio Install, Recovery Install) instead of just one (Recovery Install).
I don't have to tell you to read and read again. My sig takes care of that. But after 3,000+ posts I don't think you have to read my noob FAQ. Especially as you are not a noob.
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Thank you very much for the info seems pretty much straight forward will crack on with it in a few days once I'm familiar with as much as I can need to learn the streak more before I start playing lol
As for the inspire its pretty much the same as a dhd and tbh flashing a radio is as simple as flashing a Rom from recovery I also tested flashing the radio from a different htc phone and regardless that it flashed but got stuck on splash screen I could still not brick the phone, now its really difficult to brick inspire or dhd, but it is known that eng s-off can cause issues on the inspire but not on the dhd
Just some info back for yourself mate as a thank you for yours also will hit the thanks button next time I'm pc
sent from my dhd
Thanks for the info. I rooted my roommate's Inspire using the AAHK on the day she got it. It ended up being a little more time consuming than using REVOlutionary to S-OFF my Aria the second time I rooted it*. I proceeded to put Android Revolution on the Inspire and she's a happy camper.
*The first time I rooted the Aria, which was the day I got it a year ago, I used UnrEVOked to root it. At the time there was no S-OFF possible.
Perspective for users of devices with locked bootloaders:
All dell devices are the equivilent of S-OFF/unprotected bootloader devices.
S-OFF, root, and custom are all seperate (but closely intertwined) concepts.
There are equivilents of superuser.zip for the nexus devices, as they ship either S-OFF or have
'fastboot oem lock/unlock' available to allow the user to S-ON or S-OFF at will.
Superuser.zip is equally valid on an already s-off'ed device that has a custom rec installed.
If your device can be officially S-OFFed and you install a custom recovery and use superuser.zip (or the device's equivilent form) you never have to touch a one click tool.
If your device is S-ON and there is no official way to S-OFF you must S-OFF it first, usually that requires making changes on it while it's on, which usually requires root. The only way to root a live device is though exploits in android, this is what one click tools do.
After having S-OFF'ed you can install a custom rec, and then it doesnt matter if you're rooted or not as you can install custom recs.
As long as you remain S-OFF'ed you never have to worry about rooting as custom recs/flashing zips completely bypasses android's security model.
This is the only reason that Android 3.0+ can be rooted, the ONLY ways to root 3.0+ is by rooting outside android. There are no known exploits in 3.0+ (and hence ICS devices are completely unrootable for the time being if S-ON) Every single 3.0+ device is rooted by either by superuser.zip or superboots (which are normal kernels that automatically install superuser.zip without needing a custom recovery)
The problem with superboots are that they are device AND rom specific, during the 2xx era for the s5 there were superboots available. But they had to be remade for every single version as flashing the wrong one will brick your device.
Most of the exploits used by one click tools are patched by 360, and I believe ALL exploits are patched in 4xx. Normally there are known vulnerabilities in 2.3.3, but Dell has added their own fixes to these seeing as it's one of the few devices running 2.3.3 that hasnt been updated to 2.3.4 or higher
Superuser.zip is version independant, and to a degree device independant. As long as it can mount your /system partition it can root it.
The S-ON/S-OFF terminiology is specific to HTC devices, but the concept is common to all android devices;
Dell = always S-OFF
HTC = dependant on device/carrier
Moto = mostly S-ON, some atrix's can be unlocked, xooms always unlocked
Samsung = usually S-OFF
'fastboot oem unlock' = sets S-OFF if allowed
'fastboot oem lock' = sets S-ON if allowed
Dear People,
I am a noob. A really big noob but I really want to have all the cool things that you guys have on the HTC Legend with 16GB SD. In my opinion is the HTC Legend sometimes a bit slow.
I am running: Android 2.2 and everything is stock, I never changed a thing. I saw some cool stuff on Youtube and I read a lot of interesting information about 'Custom Roms'.
My question / problem:
I want a fast cool Legend Rom which one the GPS, WIFI and Camera all the otherthings are working with no problems. Which Custom Rom is the best ROM for me?
I hope to read answers. I am very sorry for my dumb question and my bad English.
Regards,
Eer
Dear Noobfromthelegends,
first of all, if you want to try out custom roms, you need to root your Legend.
The easiest and safest way to do so is to follow the HTC guide [1] (please note that your warranty will be affected even if it is an "official" process).
Steps to follow had been explained in many threads, please take time to read a couple of solved similar threads; it'll spare you some time.
As you must have seen, there are a lot of ROMs out there, though a lot of them shared common basis. I'm afraid I can't help you on the best and faster one, I have only tested stock ROM and CyanogenMod (CM) ones. CM 7.1 (the latest stable release AFAIK, based on Android 2.3.7) is great but my Legend is sometimes laggy (actually a bit too often compared to newer phones).
Some people are trying hard to port Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS) on our beloved Legend. One major feature of ICS is the hardware-acceleration, which means that not only the CPU is used to compute (effects and some stuff) but available DSPs too. These ROMs are currently in beta stages, but users seems to be really happy with them (major drawback is not fully working camera ATM and some minor bugs, but like I said it is beta software).
(I am of course thinking of zeubea and its CM9 adaptation [2])
PS: remember to make nandroid backups (that is, make a backup of the whole system in case you did something wrong) and keep them safe, at least one which is okay (ie. a working copy on your computer). You can go back in time with complete backups, quiet useful if you want to try some MODs.
1: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562595
edit: it seems that updating your hboot version (ie. following the HTC guide to root your phone by updating your hboot) may be problematic if you want S-OFF. Please look for it on the forum if you care about it.
Thank you very much for your reply.
If I want S-Off has that something to do with: 'Root your Legend'?
Thank you for your back-up tip. But how do I back up my Legend? Because I am afraid that I don't back-up correct.
Hope to hear from you or the other forum members soon.
PS: Tomorrow I am going to 'Root' my Legend and I let it you hear.
NoobfromtheLegends said:
Thank you very much for your reply.
If I want S-Off has that something to do with: 'Root your Legend'?
Thank you for your back-up tip. But how do I back up my Legend? Because I am afraid that I don't back-up correct.
Hope to hear from you or the other forum members soon.
PS: Tomorrow I am going to 'Root' my Legend and I let it you hear.
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- You're welcome, that's the purpose of this forum
- it seems that S-Off give you full access to your NAND flash.
I don't know a lot of things about it, only read some posts. So far, I didn't feel the need to do it, I can use custom ROMs, custom splash screens, etc.
I repeat, I don't know **** about this. Just that I didn't need it for the past two years with my Legend (rooted for more than 18 months).
I read that it has something to do with your hboot, and as I told you to follow the HTC guide to root your legend, yes it has something to do with it because it seems that you can't S-Off easily with a hboot version > 1.00.
- you can backup your device when you are in recovery
Please read guides about rooting your Legend, you will learn about the ClockWorkMod, the recovery, fastboot and last but not least ROM Manager.
If you are not comfortable with all these terms, you may end up not understanding at all what you are doing or done and being stuck with a (semi-)bricked phone is probably not what you want. Just don't rush for it.
If you want to update your hboot to root your Legend, have a look at BlaY0's post [1] too.
Feel free to read other member's questions and problems, they certainly have been solved. Reading others' mistakes could make you avoid them.
PS: if you want to thank me, press the "Thanks" button below my post
1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22613990&postcount=62
edit: didn't see that you used the button already
@bibzor great stuff!
My 2c, Rom to try? OK just thinking here, maybe as a beginner to custom roms start with blay0s froyo, it will be more familiar to you coming from stock froyo, but its also got all the bells n whistles that make rooting worth it ie. ext partition support for more app space, over/under clock and more I've forgotten about just now.
Go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866849
Or if that's too boring for you and want excitement just start with zeubeas ics , that'll get your juices flowing, just remember its still a w.i.p. so theres still a few bugs and not everything is working 100% yet, but is still good enough for me to use as a "daily".
The other option I like personally is ogo2's gingerbread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987251
Then there's the cyanogenmod & its variants like legendary legends fuse.
Their all good! :thumbup:
Its a good idea to try and read the whole thread of the custom rom you want to flash for hints tips and other stuff before flashing too.
Welcome to a new world of flashing
sent from my legend, currently using zeubea ics beta0
Thank you both very much for your reactions.
I Googled a lot of Nanobackup but I first want to root my systeem. I saw on the HTC DEV site the Unlock Bootloader but first I have to update the Rom / Ruu but there isnt a Dutch Carrier. I come from the Netherlands.
What do I have to do?
NoobfromtheLegends said:
Thank you both very much for your reactions.
I Googled a lot of Nanobackup but I first want to root my systeem. I saw on the HTC DEV site the Unlock Bootloader but first I have to update the Rom / Ruu but there isnt a Dutch Carrier. I come from the Netherlands.
What do I have to do?
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Read BlaY0's post about rooting, I posted the link earlier. You don't need to update your ROM to follow the HTC dev guide.
NoobfromtheLegends said:
Dear People,
My question / problem:
I want a fast cool Legend Rom which one the GPS, WIFI and Camera all the otherthings are working with no problems. Which Custom Rom is the best ROM for me?
Regards,
Eer
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For couple of days i tryed some ROMs :
Cyanogenmod 7.1 -faster and stable, the phone was running perfectly, except the weak WIFI connection (maybe the problem was in my router) .
ExtremeLegendFuse 2 (best choice for me)- the phone just was flying - much more faster than the Stock ROM , GPS and WIFI worked perfect.
Now i use Cuanogenmod 7.2 - and will stay with it for future, Like advantages I can notice - lower baterry consumation and a little bit more free available RAM, in comparison with, CM7.1 / ExtremeLegendFuse 2 , on CM7.2 i neved used GPS and have not impression about the GPS ( befor i tryed to drive with GPS and after that i hate it ), everything else works perfct, the ROM is much more faster than the stock 2.2 Froyo ,but this ROM feels a little bit slower in comparison with ExtremeLegendFuse 2 ;
If you want a "fast and cool ROM " I recommend ExtremeLegendFuse 2;
If you use your phone for work and your phone is always in your hands - use Cuanogenmod 7.2
bibzor said:
Read BlaY0's post about rooting, I posted the link earlier. You don't need to update your ROM to follow the HTC dev guide.
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Thank you Bibzor but ....sorry for so much questions.
Today I wipeout everything on my phone due:
- Turn phone off, volume down 1 x On / Off Button and then Clear Storage.
- Then I did a format of my 16GB Micro SD.
So everything is clean now and I really want to do a full back up of my original Dutch ROM. If I understand it right I have to do a NANDROID for a complete back up of my orignal Dutch ROM so I can always go back to the orignal software?
BlaYo post about rooting starts with:
'' 1. Do a nandroid (at least data partition). ''
But how do I do a NANDROID with a Legend that isn't rooted? Can I start with point 2 from BlaYo post about rooting?
NoobfromtheLegends said:
Thank you Bibzor but ....sorry for so much questions.
Today I wipeout everything on my phone due:
- Turn phone off, volume down 1 x On / Off Button and then Clear Storage.
- Then I did a format of my 16GB Micro SD.
So everything is clean now and I really want to do a full back up of my original Dutch ROM. If I understand it right I have to do a NANDROID for a complete back up of my orignal Dutch ROM so I can always go back to the orignal software?
BlaYo post about rooting starts with:
'' 1. Do a nandroid (at least data partition). ''
But how do I do a NANDROID with a Legend that isn't rooted? Can I start with point 2 from BlaYo post about rooting?
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Use titanium backup from Google play.
Sent from my Legend using xda premium
Here Am I again. Sorry for my questions I hope that I get one more reaction.
I have have successfully unlocked my bootloader with the HTC DEV method.
But I still don't have ROOT acces. I have installed ROM Manager to do a full back-up of my ROM but it says: 'You don't have ROOT acces'.
I tought that when I unlock the bootloader with the HTC DEV method that I have ROOT acces on my HTC Legend.
What am I doing wrong?
Please help!
NoobfromtheLegends said:
Here Am I again. Sorry for my questions I hope that I get one more reaction.
I have have successfully unlocked my bootloader with the HTC DEV method.
But I still don't have ROOT acces. I have installed ROM Manager to do a full back-up of my ROM but it says: 'You don't have ROOT acces'.
I tought that when I unlock the bootloader with the HTC DEV method that I have ROOT acces on my HTC Legend.
What am I doing wrong?
Please help!
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After unlocking boot loader, use HTC supertools (which can be downloaded in this forum or just Google it) and it should be rooted.
Sent from my Legend using xda premium
Download supertools from link below
do it with htc supertool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431398
it worked for me after i unlocked my legend via htc dev
Sent from my Legend using xda premium
YEAH BIG THANKS! YEEEEAAAAAH! HTCSupertools were very easy! Thank you soooooooooooo much! Really, really, really thanks!
But..I want to back up my original Dutch 2.2 ROM. When I touch in Rom Manager:
Back up ROM, my Legend restarts and I get a phone with a red triangle.
When I push: Volume UP and then the On/Off button I get:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command.
I tried everything: Formatting SD card and much more.
Why is a backing up of my original ROM so difficult?
P.s. I also installed: Clockwork Recovery.
Similar Problem.
Hi Folks,
The above is similar to my problem.... I am an absolute total NOOB!! Rooted my legend thanks to these forums just yesterday and have SuperUser, ROM Manager & ROM Toolbox installed and can see the root and access files so most things seem to work..... BUT.....
Every time I try to update the ROM or partition the SD card I get the dreaded red triangle/exclamation mark and have to remove the battery to allow the phone to reboot into the dreaded Vodafone ROM.
My startup shows "UNLOCKED" S-on but according to other threads here that is not a problem as unlocked automatically means S-off.
Any ideas or threads to read would be much appreciated thank you as I want to try Gingerbread before I risk ICS
Thank you
Hi guys,
if you're experiencing the red triangle horror, don't be afraid it's quite common.
This triangle shows up when you try to reboot in recovery mod but the recovery image couldn't be loaded.
The easiest way is to use ROM Manager to update your recovery to the latest available and then press "reboot in recovery".
Otherwise, you can try to flash recovery image by hand.
Download the latest recovery image [1] and follow the method listed there which is :
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img
EDIT: of course these two commands are to be executed in a shell command when your Legend is connected to your computer and the image file is in the current directory, otherwise put its path.
1: from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290841
bibzor said:
Hi guys,
if you're experiencing the red triangle horror, don't be afraid it's quite common.
This triangle shows up when you try to reboot in recovery mod but the recovery image couldn't be loaded.
The easiest way is to use ROM Manager to update your recovery to the latest available and then press "reboot in recovery".
Otherwise, you can try to flash recovery image by hand.
Download the latest recovery image [1] and follow the method listed there which is :
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img
EDIT: of course these two commands are to be executed in a shell command when your Legend is connected to your computer and the image file is in the current directory, otherwise put its path.
1: from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290841
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I LOVE YOU! I did it and I did a flash image recovery by hand. Now I am going to back up my ROM!
Rexjarvis, if you don't know what to do with the command you have to do:
when the device is switched off, hold the volume down & power button in order for the phone to boot into the bootloader & connect the phone to the pc. You see now: ''Fastboot usb''.
Download the recovery_legend_5.0.2.8.img file and put it in the same folder on your pc as fastboot.exe & adb. then open the commandline on the pc, navigate to the folder that contains the fastboot.exe. You know: CMD and then C:\Android for example. Then you have to do the two commands from Bibzor:
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adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery_legend_5.0.2.8.img
NoobfromtheLegends said:
I LOVE YOU!
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Then you have to do the two commands from Bibzor:
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well ..
By the way, I just copied the commands from the thread I linked
NoobfromtheLegends said:
YEAH BIG THANKS! YEEEEAAAAAH! HTCSupertools were very easy! Thank you soooooooooooo much! Really, really, really thanks!
But..I want to back up my original Dutch 2.2 ROM. When I touch in Rom Manager:
Back up ROM, my Legend restarts and I get a phone with a red triangle.
When I push: Volume UP and then the On/Off button I get:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command.
I tried everything: Formatting SD card and much more.
Why is a backing up of my original ROM so difficult?
P.s. I also installed: Clockwork Recovery.
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No problems mate, glad to help
Sent from my Legend using xda premium
I have been trying to flash with ROM Manager but have permanent verification errors. Now I will try via adb as above. THANK YOU - Wish me luck
No joy... All I get is the same error E:Can't open.......... etc followed by E:Singanture verification error....
Can I not force an S-Off?
Hi!
I'm starting this thread because I can't find anything in the whole atrix subforum that matches my situation.
I've purchased an Atrix last month (even when sweared that wouldn't buy an motorola again since the milestone lack of support fiasco) and I'm very happy with the stock rom so far (in fact, back when I bought the milestone, I made the first battery charge and then fashed the hell out of it ).
Now I've sucessfully rooted my atrix and wish to install a custom recovery that allow me to backup my current flash and start testing things out, it's possible with a locked bootloader? In many post there are indications that ROM Manager can flash a custom recovery with only root access, but doesn't clarify wether a unlocked bootloader is necesary...
The whole point is being able to recover the original state of the phone when things get really mess up, (for the moment) I don't pretend to flash custom firmware.
Other question: When I rooted, I installed busybox, why? dunno (and this is my first mistake) but since then I noticed a longer boot time (about 30-40 seconds more). when tried to unninstall it , the app (busybox free) claims that unninstalling it will bootloop my device...
so far, thes are my concerns
this are my specs:
Atrix MB860 (made in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: often reffered as the "Atrix Fuego" don'tknow if there is any difference with the "standard" atrix appart of this being 3g and not 4g ) Stock 2.3.6 Claro AR rom, rooted, 8gb ext-sd
Thanks for reading and sorry for my bad english!!
here is some info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262266
But in short, the locked bootloader insures that the boot partition (kernel), partition table and recovery are all signed by Motorola. Note that this doe NOT include the system partition which is all some ROMs need to flash.
So some ROMs can, and some can not be flashed and used while the bootloader is locked.
Alas, CWM recovery (or any other custom recovery) can NOT be used without an unlocked bootloader.
[Note, a rooted phone can INSTALL CWM recovery, but the bootloader will not allow it to run]
There is a decent thread on installing an unlocked bootloader and then a real recovery over in the ATRIX/general section. I would recomend either doing that or just leaving things alone
Hey, I did the same thing. Just install Titanium Backup. With this app you can force uninstall busybox. Then you are back to normal. Good luck.
exwannabe said:
here is some info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262266
But in short, the locked bootloader insures that the boot partition (kernel), partition table and recovery are all signed by Motorola. Note that this doe NOT include the system partition which is all some ROMs need to flash.
So some ROMs can, and some can not be flashed and used while the bootloader is locked.
Alas, CWM recovery (or any other custom recovery) can NOT be used without an unlocked bootloader.
[Note, a rooted phone can INSTALL CWM recovery, but the bootloader will not allow it to run]
There is a decent thread on installing an unlocked bootloader and then a real recovery over in the ATRIX/general section. I would recomend either doing that or just leaving things alone
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That's what I thought.... So at least for a while, let's leave things just like they are right now
Very Interesting thread, just got answered a couple extra questions D
chrism.brunner said:
Hey, I did the same thing. Just install Titanium Backup. With this app you can force uninstall busybox. Then you are back to normal. Good luck.
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It sounds logical, since busybox wasn't installed in the first place... But the bootloop message is scary as hell (I think it is meant to be) Will give TiBo a try...
So guys, I'm new to this and thought I would jump in at the deep end.
I unlocked my HTC One X+ easily and set about rooting.
I've got TWRP installed but it keeps telling me it needs to install superuser before it can root.
I have totally wiped the phone, how come if Im not rooted?
How do I get an OS and indeed the kernel or ROM onto the phone?
Its and International OX+, I've got the right kernel... what do I need to do?
It was locked to O2 if that makes a difference
I followed the instruction in Hasson but then wiped the OS
I know its a simple procedure but can someone walk me through it please
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
eskimosound said:
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
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If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
dan_alexandre said:
If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
eskimosound said:
Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
dan_alexandre said:
Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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I see, the easiest ways would be to use a custom rom now. For example, the one you already got the kernel from(android revolution hd)
To root you dont need to install a kernel... just to flash the supersu zip. Using a custom rom's kernel with stock rom might not be a good idea.
Another simple way would be to restore stock rom back to start and try rooting again, this time reading everything carefully
So the two easiest ways i think:
1) flash a custom rom following the instructions they provide in the initial posts for that rom
2) run the o2 correspondent RUU to restore stock rom (you'd need to relock the bootloader), also reading carefully posts in the forum about restoring to stock
Without getting into too much detail, these are the simplest options.
All the info required to do these are on these forums
Aaarrghhh, its driving me insane as I knew it would, just like XP, Vista Seven and Eight!!!
So Im back to being up all night learning..
Well have installed SDK correctly but device is not seen, no serial, nothing.
I can get it to fastboot though, however I don't know any commands so I cant get it to work
Windows 7 keeps moaning about an mpt file which I downloaded and dont know where to extract it to
All I need to do is copy a few files to the phones sd card and install them right?
Whys that so difficult?
I don't know the difference between a rom an ruu and a boot image, in that I don't know where they should all be placed.
Why cant twrp copy and paste from pc...
So Hassooon works sort of but still none the wiser.
Am following tutorial but fastboot commands are not working
Still cant find right driver.....
So CMD lines not working 100%
So am downloading drivers in sdk manager
And how do I flash the supersu zip?
Still no luck with driver, im on windows 7 32bit
OK I cant push using adb it cant find the file or directory,
Hassooon cant detect the phone as cant windroid universal
I dont think the phone is rooted even though i have twrp on it.
Thus can I have wiped the os?
If not can i restore it?
No I didnt make a backup rom..
mmm a zip on the phone doesnt load in bootloader, count that be my os?
Guys, im stranded in the water here...
On boot im getting...
Failed to open usb master mode
[Preload] Failed to open usb master mode
loading PM35IMG.zip image...
Failed to open usb master mode
please plug off usb
Whats PM35IMG.zip?
Is that the OS?
Am I saved?
Is it easy to get that file to unzip and load?
Can anyone help?
So now I need the right RUU.....
2.17.206.3
Is there anyone out there that can help please?
So have managed to install superuser and root my phone, all instructions for doing this were wrong including Hassoon, had to have the phone in System screen to do it, not bootloader or recovery.
Now cant get adb to push file to sdcard...
Man alive, how to make something very easy, sound very difficult.
Would any of you experts care to help?
Just trying to install a ROM.zip to Root and place the boot img in right place.
Well, the instructions are dire but after 10 days of persistance have installed Android Revolution HD 8, finally my phone is up and running better than the bloated os that came with the phone so, you can call this thread resolved.